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$80,000. Average Steam Operating Engineer salaries for job postings in Los Angeles, CA are 7% higher than average Steam Operating Engineer salaries for job postings nationwide.
Work. The nationâs 38,790 locomotive engineers made $52,940 per year, or $25.45 per hour, as of May 2011, states the BLS. Salaries fell to less than $35,730, or $17.18, for the lowest 10 percent of engineers or rose to more than $79,340, or $38.14, for the highest 10 percent.n 2011, most locomotive engineers worked in rail transportation, which held over 97 percent of the positions. It also paid the highest averages of $53,020 per year, or $25.49 hourly, in 2011. The next highest sector for jobs was support activities for rail transportation, which only showed 120 positions.